Folding end-gate



W. R. PETERSON.

FOLDING END GATE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 8.1918.

Patented Dec. 21, 1920.

UNITED sTArEs' lP ATENT ori ice.

WALTER R. rE'rEnsoN, 0E CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR, EY MEsNE ASSIGNMENTS,

TO INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER COMPANY, A CORPORATION on NEW JERSEY.

'roLprNe END-GATE.

Specification of Letters Patent. IQitented D 21 1920 Application filed'July 8, 1918. Serial No. 243,856.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WALTER It. PETERSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Folding End- Gates, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact specification.

This invention relates to closures or endgates for wagons, and the object of the invention is to provide a closure which is selfcontained, and may be firmly and securely locked in place on the wagon body, and a closure or gate which may, when desired,

be easily and quickly removed from position on said body.

With the above objects in view I have devised a structure, one embodiment of which is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and in these drawings- Figure 1 shows a top plan View of the end-gate in unlocked position and also shows the rear ends of the side walls of the wagon body;

Fig. 2 is a plan view similar to Fig. 1, but showing the end-gate in locked position; and,

Fig. 3 is a rear elevation of the locked end-gate, thisv view being taken at right angles to Fig. 2.

The gate illustrated is made up of tw sections, 1.0 and 11, hinged together at 13. These sections are provided with suitable reinforcing cleats 14:, which are riveted thereto, and secured to these cleats and also to the sections 10 and 11 are bars 15, preferably formed of angle iron, the vertical legs of these bars being bolted to the cleats and sections of the gate as shown at 16. These angle iron bars have their horizontal legs 17 overlapping, as shown in Fig. 3. These overlapping legs 17 are in contact with each other when the gate is in closed position. The legs 17 of the bars are provided with apertures 18 which register when the gate is closed, and receive the locking pins 19 secured to the bars 15 by suitable chains 20 and staples 21. The rear ends of the side walls of the wagon body are provided with vertical slots 22, formed between vertical guides 23, to receive the sections 10 and 11 of the body portion of the end-gate. horizontally, as shown at 24, to receive the extreme outer ends of the angle iron bars The rear guides 23 are slotted- 15, the vertical leg of these bars being cut away, as shown at 25. This construction is well illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3, and by means of the slots 2a and the projecting end portions of the angle iron bars 15, the gate is secured against vertical displacement.

From the above description it will be seen that my improved end-gate is 'eX- tremely simple in construction, and that it is self-contained, that is, all the essential elements of the gate are carried by the gate itself, the locking pins 19 being secured to the angle iron strips 15, and therefore being ready for use at any time. It will also be seen that the construction is very rigid and firm, and that the construction is of such a nature that it will not easily be broken.

lVhile I have in the above specification described one embodiment which my invention may assume, it will be understood that the invention is capable of many modifications, and that such modifications may be employed without departing from the spirit of the invention as expressed by the following claims.

What I claim is:

1. An end-gate for wagons comprising a plurality of sections having overlapping members, and means for securing one end of each of said overlapping members to an-- other of said members intermediate the ends of said second member, thereby securing said overlapping members against angular displacement.

2. An end-gate for wagons having a plurality of hinged sections, overlapping members one carried by each of said sections, and a plurality of separate means for securing said sections against relative angular movement.

3. An end'gate for wagons having a plurality of hinged sectionsv overlapping members carried by said sections, and means carried by said overlapping members for engaging said overlapping members and securing the sections against angular displacement.

4. The combination of a wagon body, an end-gate comprising a plurality of sections, overlapping members one carried by each of said sections, means including said overlapping members for securing said sections against angular displacement, and means carried by the wagon body cooperating with said overlapping members for preventing vertical displacement of the end-gate with relation to the Wagon body.

5. An end-gate for Wagons having a pair of hinged sections, a bar secured to each section and overlapping the bar on the other section and disposed closely adjacent thereto, said bars having apertures therein adapted to register when said sections are in closed position, and means carried by 10 said bars and adapted to be inserted in said apertures to secure said bars and sections against angular displacement.

V V, In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

WALTER R. PETERSON. 

